"I'll look forward to reading your book on why it failed this time," Senator Moynihan told me on my first visit as cochair of the Clinton working group on welfare reform. Herewith, the first installment.
David EllwoodNov 19, 2001
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a friend of some
years, was the first to sound the warning. When I met with him shortly after
arriving in Washington in February of 1993, he said, "So you've come to do
welfare reform. . . . I'll look forward to reading your book about why it failed
this time." Well, Senator, consider this the first installment.
In May 1994, a Times-Mirror poll asked the following question:
